BOOK SERIES
Inspector Lynley
22 main books
Books in the series
Books in reading order
A Great Deliverance
Payment in Blood
Well-Schooled in Murder
A Suitable Vengeance
For the Sake of Elena
Missing Joseph
Playing for the Ashes
In the Presence of the Enemy
Deception on His Mind
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
A Traitor to Memory
A Place of Hiding
With No One as Witness
What Came Before He Shot Her
Careless in Red
This Body of Death
Believing the Lie
Just One Evil Act
A Banquet of Consequences
The Punishment She Deserves
Something to Hide
A Slowly Dying CauseSERIES PUBLICATIONS
Publication timeline
Main-series books by publication year. Unconfirmed TBA dates are excluded.
1988–202522 dated main books
A Great Deliverance1988 / 01Payment in Blood1989 / 08Well-Schooled in Murder1990 / 01A Suitable Vengeance1991 / 01For the Sake of Elena1992 / 01Missing Joseph1993 / 01Playing for the Ashes1994 / 01In the Presence of the Enemy1996 / 01Deception on His Mind1997 / 01In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner1999 / 01A Traitor to Memory2009 / 03A Place of Hiding2003 / 01With No One as Witness2005 / 03What Came Before He Shot Her2006 / 01Careless in Red2008 / 01This Body of Death2010 / 04Believing the Lie2012 / 01Just One Evil Act2013 / 01A Banquet of Consequences2015 / 01The Punishment She Deserves2018 / 03Something to Hide2022 / 01A Slowly Dying Cause2025 / 09